Good Expert Reviews

Robust

Some people who reviewed this PC monitor said that it was well made. Good Gear Guide.com.au mentioned “Good build and hardware features”. Good Gear Guide.com.au also mentioned “Solid color and grayscale performance”.

Good Product Quality

Some customers mentioned in their reviews that it was good quality. Expert review site Goodgearguide.com.au said “Acer's extra-wide LCD monitor for business users offers crisp picture quality for office apps, vibrant output for photos”. Expert review site Itreviews.com said three years ago “This 29-inch IPS monitor delivers rich color quality and good gr” and gave this PC monitor a score of 4 stars.

Good Technical Features

Several Acer B296CL reviewers who reviewed this PC monitor reckoned that it had good features. Digitalversus.com said in their Acer B296CL review on expert website Digital Versus two years ago “Colour fidelity is decent, response times are respectable and there's a good range of hardware features”.

Nice Design

One Acer B296CL reviewer mentioned in their reviews that this PC monitor was ergonomic. Pcmag.com said on expert website PC Mag “An ergonomic stand”.

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Good Picture Quality

One Acer B296CL reviewer considered that this PC monitor had good picture quality.

Good Brand

We checked 3,506 expert and user reviews for Acer flatpanel monitors and found that on average Acer has good ratings compared to other brands. We also found that Acer has good ratings specifically within its medium monitors range.

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Has a Built-In Speaker

Unlike most of the other PC screens that are a similar age to the B296CL which do not have a built-in speaker, the Acer B296CL has a built-in speaker.

Other PC displays with a built-in speaker currently available which you might want to consider include because of it's better review score, the AOC U2868 ($549.00), or the Eizo Foris FS2434 ($396.76).

It is worth considering alternative PC screens which also have a built-in speaker including the Samsung T27B550EW.

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Very Wide Vertical Viewing Angle

With a vertical viewing angle of 178 degrees, the Acer B296CL has one of the widest vertical viewing angles amongst PC screens of this age. The average vertical viewing angle of PC screens of this age and spec is 170°, and the vertical viewing angles range from 50° to 180°.

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Fairly Wide Horizontal Viewing Angle

With a horizontal viewing angle of 178 degrees, the Acer B296CL has one of the wider horizontal viewing angles amongst similar spec PC monitors of this age. The horizontal viewing angles of flatpanel monitors of this age and type range from 60° to 180°.

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Fairly High Maximum Height Adjustment

At 150 millimeters, the Acer B296CL has a fairly high maximum height adjustment compared to most of the other PC monitors that have been available for a comparable time to the B296CL. LCD screens that have been available for around the same time as the B296CL have maximum height adjustments of between 13mm and 850mm.

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Quite Big Viewable Width

The smallest viewable width of medium monitors that have been available for a similar time to the B296CL is 1mm, the biggest is 880mm, and the average viewable width is 520mm. At 673 millimeters, the Acer B296CL has a fairly big viewable width compared to most of the other medium monitors that were released more than two years ago.

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Fairly Big Display Diagonal

The smallest display diagonal of comparable spec PC screens that are a similar age to the B296CL is 50cm and the biggest is 770cm. The Acer B296CL has one of the bigger screen sizes (73.7 centimeters) amongst comparable spec PC displays of this age.

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2560 X 1080 Graphics Resolution

The highest resolution of the Acer B296CL is 2560 x 1080. That's 33% more resolution than a 1920 x 1080 (HD 1080) PC screen, which is the most common resolution. The best resolution of all medium monitors that have been available for more than two years is 3840 x 2160 and the worst is 640 x 350.

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12 Reasons Against

Average Owner Reviews

People who bought this Acer PC monitor rated this flatpanel monitor 66% on average.

Only One USB Type-A Downstream Port

The Acer B296CL is a one USB Type-A downstream port flatpanel monitor. Most of the other medium monitors that have been on the market for more than two years have between one and five USB Type-A downstream ports.

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Not 3D Compatible

Like most of the other medium monitors that were launched more than two years ago, the Acer B296CL is not 3D compatible.

Flatpanel monitors which are 3D compatible that might be worth considering include the BL2710, or the XL2720 both from Benq or the Acer XB280HK ($556.99) which also has a higher rating.

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Does Not Have a Built-In Camera

Like most of the other similar spec PC displays that have been available for around the same time as the B296CL, the Acer B296CL does not have a built-in camera.

We compared all the other PC displays which also have a built-in camera to this PC screen and we think the 272P4 ($586.99), or the 271P4QPJ ($263.13) both from Philips which is also higher rated is also worth considering.

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Does Not Have an Integrated Card Reader

The Acer B296CL does not have an integrated card reader, although it is worth noting that most of the other PC monitors of a similar age and spec to the B296CL also do not have an integrated card reader.

We compared this PC screen to all the other PC displays with an integrated card reader and we think the Asus PA279 ($749.00), or the DELL U2413 ($442.20) which also has a higher rating is also worth considering.

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Only One USB 3.0 Port

The Acer B296CL is a one USB 3.0 port PC display.

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Only HD HD Type

This LCD screen has a Full HD HD type, which is the most commonly found HD type on medium monitors that have been available for a comparable time to it.

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Quite Small Viewable Height

The viewable heights of medium monitors that came out around the same time as the B296CL range from 28mm to 630mm, and the average viewable height is 310mm. The Acer B296CL has one of the smaller viewable heights (only 284 millimeters) amongst comparable spec LCD screens of this age.

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Only One HDMI Port

Most medium monitors that have been around for more than two years have between one and three HDMI ports, including the Acer B296CL which has one HDMI port.

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Fairly High Annual Energy Consumption

The annual energy consumptions of PC displays that came out around the same time as the B296CL range from 0.02kWh to 29,000kWh, and the average annual energy consumption is 260kWh. The Acer B296CL has a fairly high annual energy consumption (63 kilowatt hours) compared to most of the other PC monitors that were released more than two years ago.

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Fairly Slow Response Time

At 8 milliseconds, the Acer B296CL has a quite slow response time compared to most of the other flatpanel monitors that were launched around the same time as the B296CL. PC monitors of this type and age have response times of between 1ms and 40ms.

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Heavy

Across all the flatpanel monitors of a comparable spec and age to the B296CL the weights range from 3g to 39kg. With a weight of 8.8 kilograms, the Acer B296CL is one of the heavier PC screens of this age and spec amongst comparable spec flatpanel monitors of this age.

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2 Other reasons to consider the Acer B296CL

Released Over Three Years Ago

This PC screen was released over three years ago.

LCD Display Type

The Acer B296CL has a better display type than most PC screens of this type and age. This PC display has an LCD display type, whereas most similar spec PC screens that came out around the same time as it have an LED display type.

Alternative LCD screens that have an LCD Display currently available which you might want to consider include because of it's better review score, the Asus VG278 ($422.07), the DELL U2410, or the iiyama B2776HDS.

If you would prefer a flatpanel monitor with a better display type then you might also want to consider the Fujitsu P24W-7 (LED and cheaper); or the AOC G2770 ($299.99) (LED and higher rated).

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